Engraved title pages

Colophon: London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Part I. On the structure and natural history of birds in general -- Part II. On the bibliography, nomenclature, and preservation of birds -- Part III. On the natural history and relations of the different orders, tribes, and families of birds

SCNHRB has two copies, both imperfect: copy 1 lacking letterpress t.p.s., copy 2 is of v. 2 only

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015703523, 39088015703564) stamped on engraved t.p.'s: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Apr 1888 [ms. acc. no.] 131495

SCNHRB c. 1, v. 2 has ink ms. bibliographical note tipped-in following p. vi

SCNHRB c. 1 bound in brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015703606) has 8 p. of publisher's advertisements bound in front of v. 2

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on letterpress t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] 266469

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in green library buckram, title in white on spine

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